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    What about Wally? Co-Parenting a Pet with Your Ex.
    What about Wally? Co-Parenting a Pet with Your Ex.
    What about Wally? Co-Parenting a Pet with Your Ex.
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    What about Wally? Co-Parenting a Pet with Your Ex.

    By Steve May and David Pisarra

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    This handbook on how to share a dog is written by Pet Expert Steven May and Family Law attorney David T. Pisarra. Using their years of experience with couples who break up, they demonstrate how to share the love a dog, and develop a Parenting Plan that allows a couple to overcome the friction points.

    Drawing on their respective breakups, each aut
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPETLOVERZGUIDES
    Release dateSep 19, 2011
    ISBN9780999467220
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      What about Wally? Co-Parenting a Pet with Your Ex. - Steve May

      Helen Keller on dogs:

      Usually they are quick to discover that I cannot see or hear… It is not training but love which impels them to break their silence about me with the thud of a tail rippling against my chair on gambols round the study, or news conveyed by expressive ear, nose and paw. Often I yearn to give them speech, their motions are so eloquent with things they cannot say.

      Steven May

      David T. Pisarra, Esq.

      What About Wally?

      CO-PARENTING A PET WITH YOUR EX

      LIBERO MEDIA

      Copyright © 2011 by PETLOVERZGUIDES, LLC

      LIBERO MEDIA

      PETLOVERZGUIDES,LLC

      1305 Pico Blvd

      Santa Monica, CA 90405

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

      ISBN: 978-09831635-3-4

      ISBN: 978-0-9994672-2-0 (e-book)

      The information contained in this book is designed to give an overview and is not a substitute for meeting with a competent family law attorney who can review the full set of facts in any particular case. No warranty is made, express or implied and neither Libero Media, PetLoverzGuides LLC, Steven May nor David T. Pisarra assume any liability in connection with any use or result from reliance on the information contained in this book.

      THE LOVE OF A DOG IS PRICELESS.

      This book is written to empower you to know what your legal rights and responsibilities are in relation to a shared pet. Often when people breakup they don’t think about how to handle the animals.

      As a pet care provider I have dealt with separation and care for thousands of pets. —Steven May

      As a divorce lawyer I’ve had to negotiate dog custody. It can be the most emotional part of a breakup for some couples. — David T. Pisarra

      Table of Contents

      Foreword

      Our Story

      STEVEN MAY

      A Note From Steve’s Ex

      DAVID T. PISARRA

      A Note From David’s Ex

      A Note About Wally

      Chapter One

      The Dog Does Not Fly Cargo.

      Chapter Two

      He’s Just A Dog! – Not

      Chapter 3

      Do I need a Parenting Plan?

      Chapter 4

      Okay, So just what IS a Parenting Plan?

      End Of Life Decisions

      Chapter 5

      Proving Ownership and Paying Support

      ANIMAL CONTROL

      AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB RECORDS

      VETERINARIAN RECORDS

      MICROCHIP & GEOLOCATOR RECORDS

      DOG CUSTODY

      DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

      PET SUPPORT

      Chapter 6

      Step Parents and Multiple Dogs

      STEP-SIBLINGS

      MULTIPLE PETS

      CONCLUSION

      APPENDICES

      APPENDIX 1: RELATIONSHIP ISSUES

      Pets causing conflicts in relationships

      APPENDIX 2: PET INSURANCE ISSUES

      APPENDIX 3: PARENTING PLAN

      APPENDIX 4 – RECORDS

      MEDICAL RECORDS/12-Month Pet Care Calendar

      About the Authors

      Foreword

      This is a book by pet loverz for pet loverz.

      For anyone who has ever loved a dog, and lost a relationship, this book is for you. Because not all love relationships work out forever, and with a 70% divorce rate for first time marriages there’s no doubt that spouses come and go, but the love of a good dog is forever.

      Steven May has been in the pet world for the past 35 years as an expert on training, service to, providing and caring for all types of pets. His years of experience have gone into forming a method to co-parent a dog in a way that allows for the maximum enjoyment of the pet and the least conflict with the ex.

      David Pisarra is a divorce lawyer in Santa Monica California who has had dogs, cats, birds and the occasional fish. He has represented hundreds of people over the years and provided solace and solutions to his clients about ways to co-parent pets.

      Dogs have been a part of man’s family life for thousands of years now. From the earliest days of the Chinese Dynasties to the indulgent lifestyle of today’s pampered pooches, dogs have brought man joy, security, warmth, comfort and have shown us what is best in us, even when we forget it.

      A dog is called man’s best friend because of their willingness to be subservient. They take abuse and keep loving. They give us hours of laughter and happy licks and ask for nothing in return.

      Thousands of words have been said about dogs, but the best may be the idea that they are the opposite of teenagers; a dog is sad when you leave home, and happy when you come back and a teenager is happy when you leave and sad when you return.

      Presidents, kings and queens have all spoken of the value of a dog. It was Harry S. Truman who spoke of the need for a dog if you wanted to have a friend in Washington D. C.

      From the mythic three headed Cerberus, who guards the gates to Hades, to the ever resourceful

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